Portable reel.



G. HOLLANDSWORTH.

PORTABLE REEL.

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GEORGE HOLLANDSWORTH, OF KNOX, INDIANA.

PORTABLE REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed May 11, 1910. Serial No. 560,674.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE HoLLANDs- WORTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Knox, county of Starke, and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Reels, of whichthe following is a specification.

Mfy invention relates to a portable reel or roll holder designedespecially for employment in supporting rolls of linoleum, paper,carpet, or the like in such a manner that the same may be readily andeasily uncoiled.

The object of my invention is the provision of a device of the charactermentioned especially adapted for use by retailers of the substancesabove enumerated, and which will be of simple and economicalconstruction and efficient in operation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

lith these objects in view my invention consists in a portable reelcharacterized asabove mentioned and in certain det-ails of constructionand arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fully described andmore particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portable reel embodying the preferredform of my invention, Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof, Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional detail taken on line cc-m of Fig. 1, a roll beingshown-in dotted lines arranged thereon, Fig. 4 is a section of one ofthe collars included in the device, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveof one of the locking members provided to lock the device in position.

Referring now to the drawing, 1 1 designate vertically disposedsupporting brackets which are spaced apart and disposed substantiallyparallel. The base portions 2 of said brackets are flared and aremounted upon suitable casters 3 whereby ready movement of the devicealong the surface upon which it is resting is made possible. rThe upperend portions of the brackets 1 are formed to constitute tubular bearings4 for the respective extremities of the elongated cylindrical shaft 5,the latter being preferably tubular or simply an ordinary pipe. Saidshaft is secured against longitudinal movement in the bearings 4 bymeans of snugly fitting collars 6 and the collar-forming portion '7 of acrank handle 8, said collars and collarforming portion being locked inposition upon said shaft by means of set-screws 9 which pass throughenlargements or bosses 10 provided thereon. Provided in the inner ofsaid collars 6 are transversely extending recesses 11 registering withthe set-screws .9 threaded in said collars. Said recesses 11 areprovided for the reception of one end portion of rectangular members 12which are so mounted that their inwardly projecting free end portionsmay engage the lateral edges of the inner end portion of the stripcoiled upon the shaft 5 to lock the same to the latter; it being clearthat by means of the set-screws 9 said members 12 may be forced intoclamping engagement with the edges of the strip positioned thereunder.

Arranged upon the low.er transversely eX- tending bar portion of each ofthe brackets 1, the same being loosely secured thereto by means of aset-screw 13 is a bar 14. The upper ends of each of the members 14 isprovided with T-slots 15 which are engaged by the set-screws 13. Saidmembers are of such length that with the upper ends of the slots 15engaged by the screws 13, the lower ends of the same may engage thesurface upon which the device is arranged in an obliquely disposedposition, as shown. The lower ends of said members are double edged, asindicated, so as to adapt the same to pierce the surface engagedthereby, to thus lock the device against movement. By providing saidmembers with slots of the shape shown and with two points or edges 16 attheir lower ends, provision is made whereby said members may bepositioned to prevent movement of the device in either direction. Whennot in use the members 14 may be held in elevated or inoperativeposition by said screws.'

Vith a device of a construction as set forth a reel of portable andeconomical construction is provided and one which will be adapted toetfectually serve the purpose for which it is designed.

Vhile I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my reel, 1do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be various changes madein the details of construction and arrangement of parts describedwithout departing :troni the spirit of the invention coinprehendedwithin the scope of the appended claiins.

Having described lny invention what I claiin as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the character described comprising spaced brackets; ashaft journaled in said brackets; ineans for rotating said shaft;collars on said shaft provided with recesses therein; set-screws in saidcollars and entering saidl recesses; and bars having their outer ends insaid recesses and contacting with said shaft, substantially asdescribed.

2, A portable reel comprising a pair of spaced brackets, said bracketsbeing mounted upon casters; a shaft having its respective ends rotatablymounted in said brackets; a bar having its lower end double-edged toengage the surface upon which the device is arranged to lock the saineagainst movenient in either direction thereon, the said bar beingprovided with a T-shaped slot in its upper portion; and a screw takingthrough said slot and into one of said brackets, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed lny name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HOLLANDSVORTH. `Witnessesz OSCAR B. SMITH,

ALBERT ZEIGNER.

